By Michael Phillips September 14, 2022 Starting with a Southport Avenue block party (food trucks!) for the Oct. 12 opening night, this...

Chicago Today, Cortney Hall and Matthew Rodrigues September 1, 2022 Otherworld Theatre Company's KITTIES IN SPACE visit the studio.

By Hannah Edgar August 4, 2022 National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture CEO Billy Ocasio is keenly aware that this September...

By Lisa Fielding July 11, 2022 OAK PARK (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Things are abuzz in Austin Gardens as the Oak Park Festival Theatre returns...

By Kerry Reid June 23, 2022 Now heading into their 47th season, Oak Park Festival Theatre has been producing Shakespeare (and sometimes...

By Miriam DiNunzio June 22, 2022 The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra will make its first-ever concert appearance in Chicago later this...

By Mark Wight June 13, 2022 We’re talking with Mark Wight, the chairman and CEO of Wight & Company, an 80-year-old, Chicago-based...

By Chris Quintana June 5, 2022 Finnley Armacost had a heavy decision to make his first year at the University of California, San Diego:...

By A.A. Christi May 31, 2022 The Oak Park Festival Theatre today announced its summer show, William Shakespeare's THE WINTER'S TALE,...

By John Casey May 26, 2022 It always seemed that there was nothing worse than growing up a closeted gay Catholic. The religion treated...

By: Addie Morfoot, Variety May 20, 2022 Following Doc10 Film Festival’s opening night screening of “The Janes” on May 19, several...

By: Tonia Hill May 20, 2022 Let The Little Light Shine, a documentary film that follows the fight to save National Teachers Academy...

By: Courtney Kueppers May 20, 2022 As a student at the University of Chicago in the ’60s, Heather Booth began connecting people seeking...

Daytime Chicago May 10, 2022 Otherworld Theatre Company recently launched The Nerd Therapy Podcast exploring mental health topics through...

By Emma Krupp May 9, 2022 See an exciting slate of international films for free as part of Cinema/Chicago's annual summer screening...

Daytime Chicago April 20, 2022 The CineYouth Festival spotlights young filmmakers ages 22 and younger. This year there are 71 short films...

By: Lisa Fielding April 14, 2022 This week on Backstage Chicago, Lisa travels to a hidden treasure in Wrigleyville called the Otherworld...

By Jake Wittich April 8, 2022 LAKEVIEW — A film festival spotlighting young creators is returning this month to Lincoln Park. This year’s...

By: Jake Wittich April 7, 2022 A sci-fi and fantasy theater company that’s been closed most of the pandemic is ramping up its in-person...

By Patrick McDonald April 20, 2022 CHICAGO – The future is now at the 2022 CineYouth Festival, taking place this upcoming weekend in...